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If I owned the Cincinnati Bengals
Michael Abromowitz Senior Writer 12/10/08 I have spent the past few months venting my anger toward Mike Brown and his family for their dictatorship like rule over the Bengals. See the following article: Hopeless in Cincinnati and quote from the Cincinnati Enquirer : "After the amazing turnaround ...
Project Mayhen Task #6: Revealed!
Project Mayhen Task #6: Revealed!
whodeyrevolution.com — Today, WhoDeyRevolution is organizing the distribution of 1,000 urinal cakes inside Paul Brown Stadium with the following... message: "98-186-1 - Get Pissed." The Bengals have posted a 98-186-1 record with Mike Brown as Owner/GM over the last 18 ... (more) Project Mayhen Task #6: Revealed!
Houshmandzadeh Makes Good On Guarantee: Avoids 27 Mile Walk
Houshmandzadeh Makes Good On Guarantee: Avoids 27 Mile Walk
ventaboutsports.blogspot.com — Back in October, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh guaranteed that the Bengals would not go 0-16... and even went out on a limb and said they would win at least two games. If the Bengals failed to win two games, Houshmandzadeh agreed ... (more) Houshmandzadeh Makes Good On Guarantee: Avoids 27 Mile Walk
news.cincinnati.com — In April, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis confirmed that the Bengals had turned down a Washington Redskins... trade offer for wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco. The Redskins, who play Sunday at Cincinnati, offered the Bengals a first-round draft pick and a ... (more)
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More of the same with Mike Brown, and setting franchise records
Cincy Jungle — ... + More of the same. Michael Abromowitz, president of the TheFootballExpert.com, suggests that Roger Goodell should be tough on owners, saying that if "they don’t put competitive teams on the field, they will be forced to sell." Sounds great. Except that Goodell essentially works for the owners, and that forcing an owner to sell based on a faulty product, could be grounds for a lawsuit. It's Mike Brown, he'll sue. And based on the fact that Brown hasn't done anything illegal in the eyes of legal business practices, one would have to assume that Brown would win ...

A GM Won’t Solve the Bengals’ Problems
Stripe Hype | A Cincinnati Bengals Blog — At the risk of my status as a “comrade” of WDR, which has done yeoman’s work sticking it to The Man in the Bengals’ front office this season, I have to depart from the conventional wisdom that the solution to the team’s problems is for said Man, Bengals owner and president Mike Brown, to hire a general manager. If that’s all he does, it won’t help. In fact, it’s more likely to cause further damage to the organization. As Michael Abromowitz points out, the real source of the Bengals’ woes is the entire Brown family. But with respect to Abromowitz, it’s not ...

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